Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

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Of opinm. On last Thurs9ay, ard also
Q duplfe4ks check Of The one On the
FmeM TACOMA.
After shs hotai, than the mountain
thea the lay Of the town, runs the order
Of thiRRs Of which the Tacoman Is NEST
proud Long be has boazisd e thsI
vide streets aud the eonAummaee art
with which the town vas laid out 60 suit
the lay Of the land, the long avenues
and Iettered streets nearly all finding
natural bsuchss which. il has always
been claimed. practically reiisved them
IF the necessity of icing graded. Bus
several Of these have been subjected 20
that process nofwikhstandinQ, and the
result has been notable Taooma ~
sDus was one Of the prettiest natural
streets that the eye Of man has looked
upos. Today, the property owners on
that street from Ninth 60 Thirteenth,
where the work IL complete. engage IN
. var danos every time they 80 home.
The line Of that street Is nov likened
1nt0 an uneasy o0nscienee-it ENDS no
rest; or to early spFirg weatksr-it Il 30
devIlish uncertain. Ticking the grade
ct Eleventh street a. the proper thing. "
said q resident yesterday morning as be
checked some very impolite language.
the line runs aieng all right fer about
800 feet, or until resehing Twelfth
street. To cross Twelfth street IL isl
necessary 10 step dsHn q foot, and on
the other side you are compelled 70
step Up one and q half feet. Having
seemingiy thus prepared itself, the side
walk takes another
PITCH Downward,
Aud when IL arrives at 18th street il isI
two feet below the street. HsIf tbs side
walk kept on ct this pltch uRtil 10
reaches 18th street. said an indignant,
resident. lit would be ten feet bslos
the grade. 10 the middle Of one Of
these blocks there IL hump, the par
pese Of which il is impossible TO tell
except to add 10 the ssala0ps in the linz
Of the street,
This resident states that petition is
TO be put In circulation this week 20
have the line of these sidewalks, &c
least, changed. I coma avenue was
veil built up before this work vas be-
gun, cniehg because Of its attrectiveuess
In its natural stats, and parsons seekiUR
to build felt certain that there would BE
little change 10 the grade. Nest of
then who signed petitions for the work
are now tearing their hair over the
chaos their own act has ofoaght upen
them. Ga the east side OF the street
the line Of neat and tasty houses inter
spersRd here aRd there with q costly
and elaborate mansion. are far below
the line of { 9 street, giving q person
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an opportunity to catch glimpse of the
ankles of those who passed oa the side
walk above them. The drst stories OF
all that we're built upon tue level Of the
81. eet are buried and can only be
reached by steps leading Down. Where
the householder has, ~ in some few
cases, attem pied to lift the Building up
TO the lsvel Of ths street IN the front, be
hiss q home that wears the symmetrical
but long and slim proportions OF q Shot
tower in its
REAR ELEVATION.
One man Who anticipated some suoh
grading built his front door sill lOIf
feet above the level OF the street as a.
lay. But the street was too mneh for
him, and he has had te reverse the order
of the stsps by which be climbed up to
his house TO enable him new to climb |
dowa to it. Ga the other side OF the
street all Is changed. There the house
stand upon q bluff In most cases that
enables them 10 leok down With an air
Of utter astonishment upon the roofs of
their late nelghb0rs that appear above |
the sidewalks on the opposite side of |
the street. Instead of steps leading |
down terraces are being built to lead up. |
soma few fav srably located properties |
are appreciated in value, buk IN most |
cases, especially on the east side. the |
effect of this street Improvement has
been to damage. The effect has been |
much the same on O street. The resi- |
dences on the west side are even worse |
of, being left standing mp against the
skY like eld-time, isolated castles. One
house that before the improvement
started was built high and had steps
climbing up over three terraces to reach
il now requires a long ladder to reach
the foot of the terrace from the Size
walk. The effect upon the buildings
fronting on 9Th street
WILL BE STARTLING
When the Improvement is completed.
The foundation OF the Baptist ChuFch
already stands up ffteea feet in the air.
The seeentricities Of the sidewalk OF
Railroad avenue are too numerous TO
mentiob, but With the growing number
OF pitfalls that result from all these
strange sidewalks. most of which leave
an open precipice at lat least) one side,
the accident insurance mea report q
be ,lthful state Of trade.
Just Who is at fault in ell this cannot
be stated. City Engineer Bean SAYS the
work il done according to established
grades and that IL will all come right
when the entire work is complete, bat
IN the meantime. as stated. the price Of
the loyal citizen in the happy lay Of the
land is hart, and prospective purchasers
hesitate 10 buy until they SEE how the
site they admire viii llok when done,
and owners complain and are out with
more petitions, IS stated.
IN COUNCIL
At the City Oounoil meeting yester
day afternoon = petition was received
| from boiders Of property aeafting on
south Seventh street. setting forth the
dssirs Of the N. p. X. K. Go. so put up
Q building for their on es, ETC., aud
asking q partial vacation Of south
sevsnth street, a. has been stated vss
their purpose. The petitioa asked that,
because the putting no of such build
ing as vas designed would be danger
eos at the edge Of the biuf where the
company owns, that the street be
decided 20 the company. The petition
vas signed BY all OF tie interested
property owners. IL vas referred TO q
COMMITTEES.
TIE Byrd's edition trouble. pre-
vioaaly detailed. came int Oouocil
in the shape Of pstition from z J.
Hceb, Who STATE that the extension Of
Ysk ma ass ne cut through bis proI-
cry, aud II be fenced IL be w0uid BE
repeating the Old Hown road trouble.
and thsFefafe be ters~iy requested that
the city buy the property. - be would
net Otherwise sell il. The Committee
on Extension Of Sire t. asked, aRd was
granted further time to vresile with
this addition
TIE contractor Of the AcCarvtF street
wharf gave nosice that the work vas
compiets. bai Mr.. keilv stated tha; IL
vas not, and that Is wonid reqnirs fally
three days more 10 Get through. be
was aioWsd $500 10 part paw. hOeever.
q. 7. LinquIst uAs formerly Chief OF
/ Pclice, kug ~ the general upbea1al